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`(gnitrilt tatrs geirrt @frn S. A. SIMIS'ON, OF EARLVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO H-IMSELF AND BOYD D. SIMISON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 73,394, dated January 14, 1 868.

GOAL-BOXES.

' TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNE Be .it known that I, S. A. SIMISON, of Earlvillein the county of La Salle, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coal-Boxes 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyinfdrawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l-represents a vertical section.

Figure '2, a. front elevation with the cover raised.

Figures 3 and 4, views of the slide detached, and

Figure 5 is an elevation of one of the sides, showing the door to the space under the s'cuttle.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a combination coal-box for family use, stores, oiiiees, lite., so arranged that it is provided with a; hopper to contain coal, and a. slide worked by a proper gear, to admit said coal into or to shut it o the scuttle, placed belowA the said hopper, and so arranged that it can easily betaken out ofthe box to be emptied into the stove or to be replaced in the box. It consists also in a drawer placed in the cover ofthe box, for purposes hereafter explained.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Ilwili proceed to describe its construction and operation. Y

A is the box; B, the hopper to contain coal; C, the slide worked in the grooves of the cross-pieces b b, and provided with an opening, O, to admit coal into scuttle, as also with openings, (Z d, for the ratchet-wheels D D, set firmly on the shaft E, to gear in and move the slide.. The shaft E is journal'led to thecross-pieees b b, and is worked by a crankhandle, F. G is a scuttle, made 'of sheet metal, with wooden or metallic front, H, provided with a gripe-handle, and a. rim, g, which rim ts into the groove K ofthe knob L, secured to the front ofthe box A.y The seattle slides in the grooves of the slanting braces, Z Z, of the box, and, by means of said rim g and groeve K, is secured in its place.n To have admittance into the space M under the hopper B, and the scuttle G in the box, reserved for kindling-wood and other objects, one side of the box A is provided with a sliding door, N. The cover P of thebcx is providedunderneath with two grooved cross-pieces, Q Q, in which slides drawer R,pr'vided with metailicibottom, or otherwise constructed, and intended to store griddles or other articles which it is desirable to keep aside when not used, and to prevent tables or floor from being soiled by them.

The operation oonsists'in that the hopper of the box is filled with coal, and the scuttle is filledalso. When it is desirable to taire a scuttle full of coal outof the box, the slide C4 is moved out, and the communication between the/hopper and the scuttle is shut off. The scuttle the'n is taken out, its contents emptied, and, when` ready, it is replaced in. the box, and the slidel put in its plaeealso, which establishes communication again between the hopper and the scuttle, and the last is filled with coal again and ready for use.

Itis obvious that in place of theopenings del in the slide, racks may be used also.

The box may be arranged in diiferent ways, as a piece of furniture to be used in kitchen and rooms, or made roughly for stores and offices, and be placed in halls or closets, and the wall or partition mayserve as a front side for the box, with an opening made for the scuttle.

What I claim "as my invention, andfdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hopper I3 and drawer R, in combination with slide C'and scuttle G, the last two constructed and operating substantially by means as described, or other equivalent means, and the whole arranged substantially as described, forming a coal-box of any desirable shape and size, for purposes herein set forth and specified.

S. A. SIMISON.

Witnesses:

J.`B. TuRcnINe, JAS. R. HAYDEN. 

